The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-29
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DETAILS OF The ORGANIZATION YESTER-
DAY-fHE STOCKHOLDERS.
Special to the Palatkd Ne,rS.


JACKSONVILLE, FLA, April 2S.-Tht
body of an unknown cOlored man was
found floating in the river, near the east
bank about five miles above here at a
late hour last night, and was towed
down To- the city. The body had evi-
IDENTIFY been in the water several weeks.
and was so decompOsed and eaten by
crabs and fish that identification was i'm
possible. The cOrOner's jury held an in
quest this morning and returned a YER
dict accordingly. From appearances
the man was probably river rotISta-
bout.
THE NEW NEWSPAPER.
The new newspaper syndicate was form
ally organized to-day by "A meeting
held at the law Office of Fleming & Dan
iel. Nineteen subscribers to the capital
stock of seventy-five or a hundred thou
sand were present Capt. Frank p.
Fleming was elected president, and
ThOs L. Stockton, Secretary. Plans and
purposes were formally discussed and il
was agreed that the newspaper should
start out with paid in cash capital of
not less than thirty thousand dollars.
1t was definitely decided to purchase the
plant of the Jacksonville Morning Nebrs
including the United Pf-ss franchise
The name Morning News" will he re-
tanned but the editorial and business
management of the paper will
he reOrganiZed. The editor-in- chief has
not been definitely chosen, but it is un-
derstood John p. Varnum will retain
some connection with the paper. prob
ably as City Editor. The following are
gentlemen prominently mentioned in
connection with the new enterprise, with
stock subscriptions ranging from one to
ten thousand each: Messrs. Thos. I.
Stockton, j. y. G.. Stockton, Telfair
Stockton. F. III. Orvis, G.. w. BE ntley.
Henry NJ. Flagler. Jas. p. TaliaferrO. r.
p. Fleming, j. NJ. Bars, Geo. c. Wilson,
c. w. DaCosta. b. VI. Baer. j. :. Smith.
ID. G.. Amber, Patrick McQuaid, \. w.
Bars and r. w. Hunter. The paper
will be Democratic in politics and will
probably commence under the new
regime next week.
PULLMAN CAR PORTER RUN OVER
A Pullman car porter named Robin
ing wards of the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company, about 8 O'Clock to-
night, and ground to pieces. He was off
duty and walking carelessly along the
track when struck by a detached box
car. He ran between Washington and
this city, via the Atlantic Coast Line.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
The State Grand Lodge of the indie
pendent Order of Good Templars has adj
jOurned after electing the following
chief officers for the ensuing year: G..
c. T., III. T. Hemphill. of Milton. Fla;
G.. c., w. c. O'Neal, of Broward, Fla;
G.. V. T., Miss Minnie Wolfe. of Pensa-
cola; G. Sec'y, w. X. Shield, of Selnan:
G. T., j. Emmett Wolfe, of Pensacola;
G. Chap, III. w. Sindorf. of Blackwater;
G.. NJ. w. T. Henderson. of st. Angus
tine; ID. q. NJ. Mrs. NJ. j. Peterson, of
Milton; G.. c., w. T. Hawley. of Jack
sonville; G.. s.. Charles Berry, of Milton:
q. s. j. t., X. F.. Peasants, of Jackson
vile; Representative to Right Worthy
Grand Lodge, II. T. HemphilI.
OBITUARY.
Mr.. Charles Warner Tuttle. an old and
we'll known citizen of LaVilla passed
away yesterday evening, after hnger-
ing illness of paralysis, aged go years
To. .fI Isaf,E1 Rpnna
New York, but had resided in Florida
for seventeen years past. He was an
elder brother of Capt. Lou. X. Tuttle.
local passenger agent of the l. x y.
Railway Funeral services We're held
this morning at the family residence.
Rev. Mr.. ). F. Gale of the Union Con
Church officiating.
ANNEXATION.
Much interest Is being felt here As to
the passage of the act now before the
to abolish the old charter of
the city and granting a new charter,
which provides for the extension of the
corporate lines So as to take in IaNilla.
BROOKLYN, East jacksonville. Fairfield.
Oakland and some half-dOzen other sub
urban villages. The residents of these
suburban towns have long enjoyed all
the privileges and advantages of living
al diacent to the city without having To
help pay their quota of taxation nece-s-
AIRY to properly carry on the municipal
and il seems nothing but
right and proper that they should be
taken within the city confines proper
and share all the duties as well as adj
vantages of citizenship. OF course there
are some who are opposed TO annexa-
tion. but the majority of all the citizens
is 50 largely i'll favor OF the
new charter privileges that II II conf
iently believed that the Legislature I'M
its wisdom Will pass the bill
PROF Won WELLER RELEASED
Prof. Carl Won Weller, the "a derdHt
leader in fashionable musical circles and
bogus German Count. whose remarkable
petty populations some four months
since created such a sensation here and
landed the accomplished confidence man
in Jail for a period of four months. has
lust been released, his time having eN-
pired He has not been seen around
town since his liberation, and ii Is con-
iectured that the familiar places and
friends that once knew him VIII know
him no more. A poor, weak and unfor-
tunate man. many think him. If 50.
Heaven pity him, for now, broken IN
health and a wreck of his former self,
liisgraced irretreivably, he has certainly
paid full penance for his sins hereabouts-
Let him GO in peace. and let the charita-
BILE mantle of oblivion fall about him
CAM l.